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gripe

noun
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  1. a complaint about something抱怨；怨言；牢骚
    • My only gripe about the hotel was the food.我对这家旅馆唯一不满的是食物。🔊🔊
    • The main gripe has to be the lack of space for luggage.主要问题在于行李空间不足。
    Word OriginOld English grīpan ‘grasp, clutch’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch grijpen, German greifen ‘seize’, also to grip and grope. The current usage, of US origin, dates from the 1930s.

gripe

verb
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 [intransitive] (informal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they gripe
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he / she / it gripes
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past simple griped
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past participle griped
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-ing form griping
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  1. gripe (about somebody/something) to complain about somebody/something in an annoying way抱怨；发牢骚
    • He's always griping about the people at work.他老是抱怨共事的人。🔊🔊
    • Some members were griping about the new constitution.一些成员对新宪法感到困扰。
    • Throughout history, Americans have griped about taxes.纵观整个历史，美国人都对税收感到不满。
    Topics Personal qualitiesc2
    Word OriginOld English grīpan ‘grasp, clutch’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch grijpen, German greifen ‘seize’, also to grip and grope. The current usage, of US origin, dates from the 1930s.